Tag: let it be messy
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country again
I have mentioned before that my songwriting journey began with the simplistic templates of solid, run-of-the-mill country music. Accompanied by a few newly discovered country tunes from my hiatus on mainstream, this lyric from Thomas Rhett’s Country Again has been particularly relatable for me lately on drives to and from Cornelius & Kannapolis. I traded […]
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a day trip
I needed to see cows. And green open space between dense clusters of trees. Evidently, I needed miles of road between my heart and the pressures of adulting. In Victor Maymudes’ post-humously published collection of stories about life on the road with Bob Dylan, he conveys the band’s need for the same. Thinking about the […]
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time under tension
Gelato stirs up a memory of St. Boniface. There’s something about Common Ground’s logo and this atmosphere that makes me think this coffee shop wasn’t meant for business. Little girls in summer dresses squeal in delight to indicate their options; a refreshing disruption to zoom calls and masculine conversations. They feel most like what the […]
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a compilation
the God in whom i believe gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. in hope, i believe against hope. no unbelief will make me waver concerning the promise of God. i grow strong in faith, giving glory to God; fully convinced that He will do what He […]
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people need a melody
On the whole, fairy tales don’t appeal to me. I’ve always preferred the wilder truths of the Tanakh. Grief washed over me at a stoplight on my countless cup of Caribou as I realized that all my favorite stories from childhood were those of walking away {what does that say?} … from everything familiar for […]
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